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Sandcastle, The
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478123241
Grade Level:
K, 1, 2
Reading Level:
A, B
Strategy/Skill:
Forming opinions, making judgements, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study
Theme/Topic:
Environment
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
A girl makes a sandcastle that is washed away when the tide comes in
Building Basic Skills
- High-frequency words – The, Here, is, the
- Content words – Sandcastle, pail, shovel, water, sand, shell, flag, sandcastle, sea
- Repeated phrase – Here is the
- Phonics and phonemic awareness – S (Sandcastle), s (sand, sea, sandcastle), l (pail, shovel, shell), sh (shovel, shell)
- Punctuation – periods, capital letters, exclamation point
- Special Feature – Procedural text
Skills and Strategies
The Sandcastle can be used to introduce and reinforce:
- reading a variety of simple high-frequency words in context
- creating artwork or a piece of writing related to the text
- sharing ideas about the story with others in the group
- writing a story that incorporates a similar model to that of the book.
Materials
- copies of words and punctuation for this book from page 89, cut and ready for use
- copies of BLM, pencil, markers
- sand tray, pails, shovels, decorations for sandcastles, water
- paper, markers, glue, sand
- T-charts labeled “s” and “sh”
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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